[ul][li]The Mod Squad welcomed [hl=mistyrose]jedi-mind-trick[/hl] as the new Your JC Community moderator.[/li][/ul]
[ul][li]Due to inactivity, jedimasterED was demoted to VIP.[/li][/ul]
[ul][li][hl=darkorchid]Bobafemme[/hl] returned as RSA for the US Mid-West Region.[/li][/ul]
[ul][li][hl=firebrick]Liz Skywalker[/hl] went on vacation.[/li][/ul]
[ul][li]Sturm Antilles returned as Literature moderator after getting into the SW spirit again.[/ul][/li]
[ul][li]Lobot_Omy was re-promoted to moderator shortly after this thread was posted.[/li][/ul]

ACers and Titles

A poll was started in The Advisory Council asking whether the ACers wanted to have titles or not. All those who voted were in favor of getting the titles, so [hl=limegreen]NathanDahlin[/hl] proceeded to give them out.

Ideas to Improve YJCC

Discussion continued on ways to improve the Your JC Community forum.

Icons

[hl=lightcyan]Grilled-Sarlacc[/hl] started a [link=http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=8434571]thread[/link] asking for all icon-creators to submit their own favorite icons that they have created. The icons have been organized into [link=http://www.sgtfretsurfer.com/Grilled-Sarlacc/icons/index.html]a single webpage[/link] and will be voted on. The plan is to upload the icons receiving the most votes.

New Banners

Darth_Imran won the 3SA banner contest and his banner was uploaded.

Also, [hl=darkred]Lord Mauly Mall[/hl] has created a new banner for The Phantom Menace forum. It should be uploaded soon.

Problem Users... Again

And finally, problem users were discussed. But you already knew that.

Song of the Week

This week's song is an altered version of The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil". You might want to call it "Sympathy for the Troll".

[blockquote]Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a member of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long long year stolen many man's polls and threads
I was around when jasman had his moment of Speedo and pain
Made damn sure that the oldbies saw it all and sealed their fate
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game

Stuck around Miscellaneous when I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the fun and posted spam, the oldbies screamed in vain
I was like a tank when I held a moderator's rank
when Slackergate raged and Communications stank
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. Oh yeah
Ah what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. Oh yeah

I watched the glee while the mods and the users fought for
ten days for the drama they made
I shouted out "Who ended the Golden Age?"
when after all
it was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a member of wealth and taste
And I lay traps for newbies who get banned before they get to say "Hey"
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. Oh yeah
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. Oh yeah
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game

Just as every mod is a criminal and all the trolls are saints
as heads is tails, just call me Trollifer 'cause I'm in need
of some restraint
So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some sympathy
and some taste
Use all your well learned etiquette or I'll lay your board to waste
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game[/blockquote]

Thanks for the heads up, Carter, that my TPM banner wasn't going to be used. I guess a PM woulda taken too much effort. Probably not as much time as it took for me to make the damn thing at the request of the TPM moderator, but whatever.

They told me that it was still being considered, you were waiting to see what LMM produced and then would choose. I was never told that there was no chance, so I have been waiting to hear something since the 9th.

Kinda crummy that other forums get to have a contest that everyone is free to make submissions in, but TPM's community gets no choice in the matter, nor does AOTC's.

Surely you mean ideas to avoid making the hard decisions in there? It seems like the administration knows about that.

Surely you mean ideas to avoid the overwhelming amount of social threads in there? I mean, after all, all the JCC mods are known for their impartiality in this area. Conflict of interest? Dont be crazy. Hypocrisy? No. Not possible.

Surely you mean ideas to get rid of the pointless threads...the topics with no discussion value. I mean, after all, the JCC mods are known for their quality discussion contributions. Conflict of interest again? Again, that is a crazy notion. Hypocrisy again? Nah, couldnt be.

Fess up guys. You have no idea what you are doing, and you dont want to listen to people that might say things you dont want to hear.

"I'm not sure why they asked you to create a TPM banner since you aren't a staff designer. "

Probably because it's becoming clear that not just staff designers can make banners that can be used, and he has requested other graphics work from me in the past. I'm sure he wanted to keep pace with the rest of the forums that were getting to change their banners, and didn't want to or didn't know how to organize a contest.

He asked me the same day that you publicly closed down DarthSapient's contest without fore-warning. I guess he was trying to avoid the same public embarassment.

Moreover, if those other forums are allowed to have outside designers create and submit banners, why not all of them? By opening it up to OT, Games, and 3SA, you have already established a precendent that the staff designer doesn't have a monopoly on banner submission. Why now are you denying it in this instance. Did the TPM mod not jump through the right hoops?

Im NOTagainst j-m-t but come on another mod for YJCC ? What get another mod on a board and the problem will go away ? Get your hands dirty, tackle the tough issues. j-m-t's promotion was uncalled for, it's not that she's not deserving, but WHY was there a need for a new mod ?

This could easily have been discussed in PMs. But I never got one and wasn't made aware of the decision until this thread.

Good catch about Yoda, AA. I guess LMM's banner sucks just as bad as mine.

Edit: "Sorry but there's no contest."

Sure there wasn't. You just said that you had already decided before you even saw what LMM was working on that you didn't want to use mine. I never had a shot at it. You just choose not to let me, nor cbjedi or Oaskessteve, know.

Im NOT but come another mod for YJCC ? Come on what through a mod at it and the problem will go away ? Get your hands dirty, tackle the tough issues j-m-t promation was uncalled for, it's not that she's not deserving, but WHY ?